Tray Icon in C# in WM5

Tray Icon in C# in WM5

• AlexBB

  Dear Perarg,

  I have done some search on this topic.

  There is no managed class that can be used to add a try icon for an application in .NET CF. But we still can implement it with P/Invoke native code. (NOTIFICATIONDATA structure, and etc).

  Here is the link. Click.

  The topic of this resource is on advanced P/Invoke technology, and fortunately, it use an example that implements the Tray Icon. That is what we want.

  Regards,

  Zero Dai - MSFT

  
  
  

• Mike Lee Han Ming

  Dear Perarg,

  I write a sample code for you. Hope that can give you some ideas.

  I just use Notification control in .net CF v2.0. See:

  1. Initialize the notification control as follow:

  notification1.Text = "demo";

  FileStream IconStream = new FileStream(".\\My Documents\\setup.ico",

  FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

  notification1.Icon = new Icon(IconStream, 16, 16);

  notification1.Caption = "Notification Demo";

  notification1.Critical = false;

  notification1.InitialDuration = 0;

  notification1.Visible = false;

  2. Setup a global variable to indicate if the form is minimized

  Boolean isMinimized = false;

  3. In the Deactivate event handler of Form

  if (isMinimized == false)

  {

  notification1.Visible = true;

  isMinimized = true;

  }

  4. In the BalloonChanged event handler of notification

  if (isMinimized == true)

  {

  if (e.Visible == true)

  {

  isMinimized = false;

  this.notification1.Visible = false;

  this.Show();

  }

  }

  Regards,

  Zero Dai - MSFT

  
  
  

• Sundaar

  Hi Perarg

  The Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK ships with a C++ sample showing how to add a tray icon:
  ...\windows ce tools\wce500\Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK\Samples\CPP\Win32\Trayapp

  This article may help to convert this sample into C# code.

  Michael

  
  
  

• foleyp

  Have you seen this article:

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446525.aspx

  
  

• gmcbay

  I think it's not for PPC. But for desktop pc
  
  

• venp

  THANKS! (for your time!)...But...

  I had reached at this point... And i couldnot find a way to disappear the "Notification" command in the left down corner...(picture 1). That was the reason why i was searching something for the tray bar...(look down)

  

  My first question was about the tray bar(is this called like this or was i wrong ). I want to place a notification icon down to the tray bar like picture 2...

  

  
  
  

• james_m

  The msdn C# notifyicon sample download does not work with VS2005 CF 2 WM 5. Works fine on 2003 devices CF 1.1.

  Any alternatives to the opennet dll

  TIA

  
  
  

• HighTower

  Dear Perarg,

  I found a very useful sample code.

  This will help you more!!

  Take it. Click.

  Regards,

  Zero Dai - MSFT

  
  
  

• Barbie G

  Thank you Mr.Zero Dai... I'll read and try-the only way!- thanks again ;)
  
  
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